Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transnational social policy and social work : an introduction -- Sharing knowledge : setting the policy agenda -- Surveilling and surveying slums : the transnational translation of the city as a social problem -- "Good" child labour, "bad" child labour : translating global policy in the post-soviet context -- Child protection : policy translations -- Beyond transfer : translating policies and shaping welfare -- Translocal policy as process : bricolage and the "messy" world of local policymaking -- The traveling idea of clubhouse from the West to the East -- From "benefit ladies" to "professionals" : Polish social workers in the context of neoliberal reform of social policy -- Humanitarian assistance, refugee management, and self-reliance schemes : nakivale refugee settlement lost in translation : the social repercussions of transnational policy, and the reinforcement of global inequality -- Transnationalism and secondary schooling policy in Ontario, Canada : globalisation, privatisation, and competing priorities -- Tactical borderwork : Central American migrant women negotiating the southern border of Mexico -- National old-age care regimes and the emergence of transnational long-term care arrangements for the elderly -- Transnational social responsibility : the case of the Swedish retirement pension, 1913-2013 i -- Conclusion -- Social exclusion and social welfare : within, across and in between nation-state boundaries.